Sponge City Green Infrastructure: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience Read more about Sponge City Green Infrastructure: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience Nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve climate resilience have been rediscovered and universally promoted and identified as essential moving forward on climate action, as in the UNFCCC’s 2020 annual report. ADB has been supporting NbS and green capital development in various countries.
Anju Sharma Keywords adaptation social protection climate resilience Read more about Anju Sharma Anju Sharma is the Global Lead on Locally Led Adaptation at the Global Center on Adaptation. She has previously worked for Oxford Climate Policy as Deputy Director; and for European Capacity Building Initiative; UN Environment Programme; Oxfam GB; and the Centre for Science and Environment as Associate Director. She has also worked as a consultant for several international organisations, including the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Development Program, and International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Ritu Bharadwaj Keywords climate resilience governance of Risks ESG framework adaptation social protection resource conservation migration and gender issues Read more about Ritu Bharadwaj Ritu Bharadwaj has more than 20 years of senior policy development, research and management experience in government, funding agencies and international NGOs. She has worked extensively on climate resilience, resource conservation, social protection, migration and gender issues.
Nature Based Solutions (Green infrastructure): Climate Adaptation Read more about Nature Based Solutions (Green infrastructure): Climate Adaptation This presentation gives an overview of key takeaways on climate adaptation.
CRA Approaches Read more about CRA Approaches This presentation provides an overview of the profound implications for sustainable urban design, including sponge cities.
Tackling Climate Change and Building Developing Member Countries Resilience the One Health Way Read more about Tackling Climate Change and Building Developing Member Countries Resilience the One Health Way Tackling climate change is fundamental to the long-term health and resilience of communities. At the same time, healthy ecology and the protection of biodiversity are vital to human wellbeing. The One Health approach promotes resilience based on harmony between human, animal, and ecological health. Event Summary
Video: Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Climate Change Adaptation Read more about Video: Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Climate Change Adaptation This links to the video of the Panel Discussion for this learning event with the below topics:
Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Solutions Read more about Climate and Disaster Risk Information for Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Solutions In this high-level exploration, participants reflected on the generation of useful and credible risk information and how to incorporate the uncertainties of a changing climate in resilient spatial and infrastructure investment planning. This included spotlighting perspectives on current and emerging risk modeling capabilities, on risk communication, and on the information needs of planners and decision-makers.
The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries Read more about The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to natural disasters. By undertaking mid-century planning across policy areas of mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainable development, countries can design and implement a pathway that considers the interactions, synergies, and trade-offs of all their national priorities.
Climate Finance: Getting the Numbers Right Read more about Climate Finance: Getting the Numbers Right ADB’s plan to double its annual climate financing by 2020 is the focus of this presentation. Climate finance, defined by the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance as the amount of financial resources that contributes to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation activities, is discussed.